Scroll back (in your brain if you'd be so kind) to recall previous blogs where I've admitted, 'simpleton'.. C+/M+ student.. (What's an Honor Roll?} Yeah, that.
Electronics, if we must. Long about the time beepers, bag phones, then that hideous AOL fingernail-blackboard startup thingy happened - we (fellow old farts who sometimes come here) were of the age I HATE CHANGE, I LIKE MY LIFE JUST AS IT IS, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.......... then,
We joined in. I have noticed, as we've aged, we are patients sitting in Doctors offices a helluva lot more than we useta be... and added to that, our patience has a short wick, quick fuse, fly off the handle, however you wanna describe it, we got it, are it, demonstrate it, especially with electronics.
I remember how proud (to the point of puffing my non sixpack chest out) when I got a cargo sales job with Braniff Airlines that included........... a beeper AND a bag phone. "LOOK AT ME" I thought, acted, youda thunk I was the President of the US, oops. Well, you know. I was Country (Sarah, fetch me up a call to my boss wouldya) when Country wasn't cool.
Karma hit allofasudden. Hosting a golf tournament to show appreciation for all the freight folks put on our planes....... I was "beeped" on hole #12. "Call such-and-sucha-number STAT." Traded my pitching wedge for my bag phone, "Whatsup Boss?".. "They're flying all the planes to Orlando, we're going belly up. Followed closely by my profanity laced blurt. Now what?.......... customers were actually nice to me about it, realizing I was losing my job... prizes were free flights on Braniff wherever they go (welcome to Orlando eh?).. Anyways, they came back for a brief moment, customers got their free vacation.
The Piggly Wiggly. Electronics, part two. I had long been envious of those who had the car key thingy when they pressed a button, the car lights would flash, doors would unlock, or, when they pressed 'stop', the doors would lock and if they continued pressing an alarm would go off. It was perfect for after Chief's games, you could sit in the upper deck, SCREAM YELL CUSS at the refs for missing boo koo penalties... then, retreat to the parking lot not knowing whereinthehell you parked. CLICK, HONK, our problems are solved.
Victor? The Piggly Wiggly? Oh yeah. My first time to traverse across Liberty in my new(er) car that, YEAH BUDDY, had a trusty electronic wizard thing hanging from the car keys........ I went in.... bought groceries.. hopefully made it look obvious as I walked to the door, and without saying "AHEM, I'M SOMEBODY, WATCH ME PRESS MY BUTTON TO HAVE MY CAR UNLOCKED FOR ME"....... Did that......... walked out...... Car was still locked but the trunk was open. Did I mention simpleton, C+/M+/Ne'er on the Honor Roll?
Sitting here today. Fatter, older, none the wiser. Like all, addicted to electronics. Living alone, my living room is just howthehell I like it. Easy chair, NO SOFA, and, my desk. Upon my desk, a perty big computer screen. To the left of that, just enough space to peek at my (two hunnerd dolla) Big Screen...to the left of that, my cell phone. Mark, set, rotate eyeballs from one to the other, and back again.
There's a new damn app my phone which, then rearranged all the other apps so now I gotta squint, scroll to find. I pressed this new app to hopefully uninstall. It wasn't an option. I pressed it, clicked 'remove', it momentarily did, then it Schwarzenegger came back. Same place it crowded in at. Pressed it AGAIN, oh sh*t, now there's TWO of em!. I Googled (I HATE Google) "What is that app".. described it.. turns out it's a browser from my Samsung phone. "How do I get ridda it?" Turns out........
You can't. I CALL BS, IT WASN'T HERE BEFORE, I GOTTA BE ABLE TO REMOVE IT.
Couldn't. I pressed it, try to remove it from my homescreen. DAMNIT, now there were TWO of em on there. I went to app settings, 'force stop'ped it (this could cause your system errors) DON'T CARE I JUST WANNA GET RIDDA THE DAMN THING. Anyways, it's still there. Like a damn wart I got in 9th grade that I finally got ridda a couple years ago.
So.................................
I recently joined the streaming world, caving in and getting YouTube's Sports thingy. I can watch sports, bet, lose money all day now.
But then..........
I like to watch the Local News. So I clicked what I thought was the local news.. up popped some damn Google Free thing.. I tried going back, nope. Like the wart, that sonofagun wasn't going anywhere. So I clicked it. National News goes to Local News every morning at 4:30am. Yes, I'm always up by then. At 4:31am, clicked, nope, still National News (which did continue, but, before I 'upgraded' it always switched to Local News at 4:30. Nope, not today.
ToOk My BlOoD pReSsUrE mEdIcInE... tried again. Nope. Turned the tv off, back on. Nope. Tried every which way, NOPE. GOOGLE, ELECTRONICS, I HATE YOU! GIMME ABC, CBS, NBC and that damn pattern at midnight........it's easy at 1, 2, 3, right Michael? NOPE.
Finally got it... 17 minutes into my local news.
I'd better go... because that's about all I got to bitch about today..
Good day, Victurd
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